Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-07-27
Compiled for the Evening Capital"
ANNIVERSARY EVENTS.
News, Old News"-Shakespea
BY ALBERT 4. soUTHwICK.
FEBRUARY Il.


1673-Desth of Moliere, the great French
dramatist and author, who was born
in 1882.
1754-0n this day, Capt. Trent and En-
sign Ward with about so men, ar
rived at the Forks (Pittsburg,l and
soon after began the erection OF
brush fort On April 18th following,
Capt Contreceur appeared with 90
batteaux, 800 canoes, Is cannons and
1000 men indians and French) and
demanded immediate surrender OF
,.., the unfinished stockade. Resistance
was impossible, and on that day the
dominion of the French in this vicin-
ity was resumed, and the erection OF
Fort Du Quesne was bgun
1S56-The city of Char'esto S. O., was
almost entirely destroyed by fire.
1S76-Dea h of Horace Bushnell, congre.
gationalist, preacher and author. He
was born at New Preston, Conn, on
April Il, 1902.
1SS0-Death of James Lennox, founder
of the "Lennox Library in New
York city, at the age of 49,
1SS0-An unsuccessful attempt was made
to kill the imperial family of Russia,
by firing mine Of dynamite under
the Winter Palace, at st. Petersburg.
Ten soldier were killed and foriy-five
wounded by the explosion.
1SS0-The British House of Commons, ,iby
vote of PAP to 1913 rejected motion
to place the franchise in Ireland on
an equality with that in England and
scotland.
February IS,
14O5-Death of Tamerlane (Timor the
Tartar who defeated the Turkish
army, of 600 men on July -,
1902. He was born in 1885.
1516-Birth of Queen Mary eldest daugh-
ter of King Henry VIII, by his first
wife Catherine of Aragon, at Green
wick Castle, England. She was edu
Gated entirely in Spanish fashion,
bgoted Roman Catholic. In 1862,
she was betrothed to thel emperor
Charles ", but after the divorce of
King Henry from her mother the
emperor broke the contract, and 9th
er marriage negotiations with Fran
els /. and his second son, the duke of
Cerleans failed Upon the death of
Edward VI, on July q, 1858, she
succeeded to the throne, after a short
struggle with the party supporting
the claims of Lady Jane Grey. The
first period of her reign was rather
marriage with Philip H., of Spain,
which took place on July %, 1854,
that those prosecutions commenced
against the Prctestants which have
made her name odious in the history
of England Attacked by an inter
mittent fever, she died at st. james
Palace on November IL, 1858
1546-Death of Martin Luther. at his
birthplace, between two and three
o'clock in toe morning He was
born at Eisleben, Ssxony, on Noyem-
Der 10, 1883.
1564-Death of Michael Angelo the great
est of all sculptors who was bora in
1474.
1775-Bir:h of Charles Lamb in the Tenn
pc, London, where his father was
clerk to one Of the Benches. lie
die In 1884.
179j-Birth of George Peabody in Daners,
Mass. His death occurred in London
on November 4, 1869.
1S34-Death of viii lam Writ who was
born in Bladensburg, Maryland, on
November 8, 1772.
1884 new bill abolishing slav.ry i'm
Cuba differing somewhat from the
one previously passed. was approved,
and on this day was promulgated in
the Spanish official Gazette.
February 21.
1677-Death of Benedict Spinosa, pam
iheist and founder of sec He was
born at Amsterdam. Hol and, on
November 24 1852
1763-The peace of Hubertsburg declar-
cd.
1798-Birth of Gen Santa Anna, ex p-esi
dent of The Mexican Republir.
1831-Death of Robert Hall tie noted
preacher, at Bristol. He was born
at Arusby. near Leicester, England,
the son Of Baptist minister of that
place. His greet sermons were mod
ern Infidelity'' (1799) and 'Reflec
tirns on War" QS02)
1875 Pass3ge of the Bland Silver Bill,
a bill making silver legal tender in
payment of debts Congress demon
etized silver in 1873.
| 18S4-The surrender Of Tokar, Egypt.
TO be Continued i